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Benedikt FischerBenedikt Fischer

Professor Benedikt Fischer is the Hugh Green Foundation chair in addiction research in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. Dr Fischer has worked on public health-oriented frameworks for cannabis control for two decades and acted as scientific adviser to the Canadian Government in developing its cannabis legalisation framework.

Decriminalisation isn’t the answer: Where to now for cannabis law reform?

7 November 2020 by Benedikt Fischer

The status quo is neither optimal nor desirable, and New Zealand should think long and hard on how it intends to move forward, writes Benedikt Fischer. As now confirmed by final results, a slim majority (50.7%) of the New Zealand population has voted against the proposal to legalise and regulate non-medical cannabis use and supply … Read more

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